Sunday, January 1, 2023

Isolation - Spoon

 

"We're afraid to be alone

Everybody's got to get a home

Isolation"

Happy New Year! Like most people this past year was filled with ups and downs....Got covid for the first time, had to say goodbye to our 21 year old cat, had major construction on our house, spent an incredible week in Vermont, got back to Chicago and NYC,  had great hangs with friends and family, got to spend time in the Virginia mountains, and went to my first indoor concert since before all this covid mess. I'd say this year was a step in the right direction compared to the past two, but heres hoping that the positive overwhelmingly outweighs the negative for everyone in 2023. My first indoor show back was Spoon at The National here in ole Richmond in April. They were promoting their latest album, Lucifer on the Sofa which has topped several best of lists in 2022.

The picture above was not from that show. This was back in 2014 at the Forecastle Festival in Louisville, Kentucky (when my beard was a lot darker) I believe I was dancing with some Fear and Loathing , Hunter S Thompson related characters? (Looks like I had enjoyed a few cups from the onsite whiskey lounge experience) I don't go to too many festivals but this was a lineup I couldn't ignore (plus it was an excuse to visit Louisville for the first time) The lineup included Jack White, Beck, Outkast, The Replacements, Band of Horses, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and of course Spoon. (plus many more) This was the first time I got to see Spoon live, but had been a fan since a good friend of mine burned me a CDR of 2005's Gimme Fiction. I became an instant fan and have enjoyed the many releases that have come since.

Today's feature is a John Lennon cover which I heard for the first time back in April at the Richmond show. As a bonus, here's another tune from the They Want My Soul album since that was the record being promoted the first time I caught them back in 2014. Cheers everyone. Hoping a great year is on the horizon! Till next time...


Spoon Covers John Lennon’s "Isolation" Live in Howard Stern’s Studio

Austin City Limits Web Exclusive: Spoon "They Want My Soul"

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